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Low Sodium Diabetic Diet

Upon being diagnosed with diabetes, one of the main concerns is probably how you’ll control your carbs intake. However, there is another nutrient that every type 2 diabetes patient should take into consideration: sodium. What is the relationship between diabetes and sodium? Sodium is an important electrolyte that helps regulate fluid balance in the body and ensure proper nerve and muscle function. However, data from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) shows that 89% of adults are getting too much salt. When the body is unable to get rid of the excess salt,…

The Obesity Epidemic and Juvenile Diabetes

In recent years, there has been a sharp increase in the number of people with type 1 diabetes who are also obese. Even though obesity has been strongly linked to the pathogenesis as well as initiation of type 2 diabetes and a risk factor for complications, very little is known about its role in the development and progression of type 1 diabetes. Recent studies suggest that obesity plays a role in the development of cardiometabolic complications, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance in type 1 diabetes. These co-morbidities may require to be addressed using therapeutic strategies in…

Does Your Cat Have Feline Diabetic Neuropathy?

Feline diabetic neuropathy is the loss of nerves particularly in the legs due to hypoglycemia. This is from damage caused by high levels of glucose in the blood that damages nerves over time. The symptoms include weakness, pain, tingling, and paralysis. These can be seen in a cats hind legs becoming weak or the cat not moving as much as before. The nerves in the legs become more and more damaged and this leads to numbness, tingliness, pain and weakness, even paralysis. Often this is ignored by the owner as a symptom of an aging…

Type 2 Diabetes Recipe

Fortunately, current ideas about dietary restrictions for diabetics center more on carb counting for diabetics instead of simply avoiding all sugars and sweets. This means that a type 2 diabetes recipe doesn’t have to be bland or tasteless. Many times, when a person thinks of diabetes the first thing that comes to mind is that sugar intake must be limited. Many people are simply uneducated as to the fact that the sugars that build up in the bloodstream of the diabetic is called glucose and is a sugar that is processed from all the carbohydrates…

Carbohydrate Diabetic Diet

Importance of a Low Carbohydrate Diabetic Diet Being diabetic can be a tough thing to do and once you hear those dreaded words telling you that you are diabetic, it seems as if your world starts crashing down. A Carbohydrate Diabetic Diet really in all reality, isn’t a bad practice for any of us. Most of us these days seem to eat way too many carbohydrates which can add on those extra pounds and cause us many more medical problems versus the standard and traditional just not eating well. Carbohydrates are hard to breakdown which…